Cabinet.



No. 884,178; PATENTED APRJ, 1908.

0. LL LUTHARDT.

CABINET. APPLICATION 311 31) MAR.28,1907.

-g W, attorney CHARLES L. LUTHARDT, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 7, 1908.

Application filed March 23, 1907. Serial No. 364,180.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. LUT- HARDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a cabinet intended for use in connection with a kitchen stove to serve as a cook table, fuel container and hiclilder for various cooking and stove utens s.

The invention has for one of its objects to improve and simplify the construction of devices of this character so as to be comparatively easy and inexpensive to manufacture and so designed that the implements required for attending to a stove can be conveniently arranged.

A further object of the invention is to provide a kitchen cabinet that serves as a wood or other fuel bin and which is provided with a table for holding pots and pans and other articles in the operation of cooking, the cabinet being located adjacent the cooking stove sofas to be convenient for the cook or house- Wl e.

With these objects in view and others as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the invention comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully described hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cabinet. Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical sections of the cabinet taken on planes at right angles to each other. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the drip pan.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates four corner uprights of the cabinet which serve as legs for the latter and as supports for the two sides and rear wall 2. The front of the cabinet has cross-pieces 3 that serve as supports for the drawers 4. The space above the upper drawer forms a wood-containing compartment 5 having a bottom 6 and open at its front for permitting the 'wood to be taken out as it is needed in the stove.

On the top of the standards 1 is supported a table top 7 of any suitable size and shape and hinged to the rear uprights by means of a rod 8 passing through the uprights and through depending lugs 9 adjacent the rear of the table. This table can be swung open so that the fire wood can be more conveniently deposited in the com artment 5 and the table is held in norma position by a spring 10 adjacent its front end that engages a projection 11 on the top cross-bar 12, as shown in Fig. 3. I

On the rear end of the table is a post 13 that has a rack 14 for receiving towels or dish cloths and on the front side of the post is a C-shaped holder 15 for spoons or other cooking utensils and arranged below the holder is a drip pan 16 having a removable piece of screen or gauze 17 on which the spoons rest so that grease can dro into the drip an. The drip pan is provi ed with buttonole openings 18, as shown in Fig. 4, that engage headed nails or other devices 19, Fig. 3, whereby the pan is held in place. Arranged at suitable points on the cabinet are hooks 20 for supporting the poker, shovel, dust brush and the like.

In practice, the table 7 is normally down so as to afford a convenient place for the cook to perform the necessary steps in preparing foods for cooking on the stove. The fuel for the stove can be taken out through the front opening of the compartment 5 Whenever desired without having to remove the articles from the table 7 and swinging the latter open. The spoons and other utensils can be placed in the holder 15 where they are conveniently accessible. In the drawers 4, the stove blacking and brushes or any other articles may be placed.

It will thus be seen that the kitchen cabinet herein illustrated and described constitutes a convenient and useful adjunct to the 1 kitchen.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. A cabinet comprising a body open at its top and front, a cross piece at the top of the body and extending across the front thereof, rearwardly extending members on the back of the body, a cover normally resting on the top of the body and forming a table top, spaced lugs on the bottom side of the cover and engaging the said members for preventing lateral movement of the cover, said lugs being disposed inwardly from the rear end of the cover, means passing through the lugs and members for hingedly connecting the cover to the body, a locking device secured ing'a' table top, lugs dependingifr'om t'hecover' intermediate its ends, an'utensil'support r oi j ecting upwardly from the rear'portiono t'he cover corner standards? extending outwardly from the rear of the body and engaging be- 1 tween thelugs, aired": supportedon thestandardsand extending from one side of the body to the other and projecting through the lugs for hingedl'y connecting the cover to the body, a horizontal cross-piece on the body,

and a spring catch depending from the bot- 20 tom side of the cover and arranged toengage the cross-piece to lock the cover in normal position;

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature 'in presence of two Witnessesi CHA R-LES" L. LUTH'ARDT.

Witnesses:

DAVID E. KINNEAR, Vmemm MCCARTHY.- 

